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Penge 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Total Cases Notified | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 14 |
| (all forms) | |||
| Erysipelas | 8 | — | — |
| Measles | 440 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — |
No action was necessary under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
| Total Primary Cases Notified | Total Cases admitted to Sanitoria and Hospitals | Total Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary (Males) | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| „ (Females) | 6 | — | |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | |
| Non-Pulmonary (Males) | 2 | 12 | — |
| „ „ (Females) | 1 | — | — |
| 3 | 12 | — |
There were fifteen recoveries notified.
| Age Period | *New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—15 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15—25 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25—35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35—45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 45—55 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55—65 | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and up | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| *Cases previously notified in other districts and those restored to the Register are included in these figures. | ||||||||